Dodgers reach agreement with 7 arbitration-eligible players

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Infielder/outfielder Kiké Hernandez, left, and shortstop Corey Seager were two of the seven arbitration-eligible players who agreed to terms with the Dodgers on Friday. Terms were not disclosed. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Pederson received the highest salary of the group, $5 million, after an excellent offensive season that saw him bat .248 with an .843 OPS and 25 home runs.

Despite missing nearly all of the 2018 season while undergoing elbow and hip surgeries, Seager got a big raise from $605,000 to $4 million in 2019 after his first year of arbitration eligibility. Fields is in the final year of arbitration and signed for $2.85 million.

Hernandez signed for $3.725 million, Taylor for $3.5 million, Baez for $2.1 million and Garcia for $710,000.

The Dodgers have not gone to an arbitration hearing with a player since reliever Joe Beimel in 2007.

Traded from the Dodgers to the Cincinnati Reds, outfielder Yasiel Puig agreed to a one-year deal for $9.7 million, after which he will become a free agent. Pitcher Alex Wood, part of the Puig trade, is still on track for a hearing. He asked the Reds for $9.65 million and was offered $8.7 million.

Bill Plunkett has covered everything from rodeo to Super Bowls to boxing (yeah, I was there the night Mike Tyson bit Evander Holyfield's ear off) during a career that started far too long ago to mention and eventually brought him to the OC some time last century (1999 actually). He has been covering Major League Baseball for the Orange County Register since 2003, spending time on both the Angels and Dodgers beats.